The Adelphi of Terence
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Excerpt from The Adelphi of Terence: A Translation As the author has perceived that the play we are going to act is criticised by his enemies, and that his opponents pick it to pieces, he will give evidence about himself, and you will be his judges whether his practice should be regarded as a merit or a fault. There is a comedy of Diphilus, the Synapothnescontes; this Plautus rendered in his play the Commorientes. In the Greek play at its beginning there is a young man who carries off a maid-servant from her master; this part Plautus has left untouched. The present author has taken that part for himself for the Adelphi, and has translated and rendered it word for word. This we are now going to act as a new piece; do you examine whether you are of opinion that a theft has been committed, or that a piece, which was passed over in neglect, is now rehandled. For as to the assertion which those spiteful people make, that men of noble birth help the author and constantly write with him, what they account a forcible slander, this he considers his greatest glory - that he finds favour in the eyes of those who find favour in the eyes of all of you and the people generally, and whose services in war, at leisure, or in business, no one has disdained to use at his own convenience. After this do not look for the argument of the play. The old men who will come on first will partly reveal it, in part the players will unfold it in their acting. See that your kind attention encourages the poet´s industry still to write. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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